Forest and Bird?

**Headbanger** · 8th October 2010, 21:35

Originally Posted by Pussy

Alright..... wood pigeons are supposed to taste nice.....

They taste a bit like Kiwi.....

**Pussy** · 8th October 2010, 22:12

Originally Posted by Headbanger

They taste a bit like Kiwi.....

I'm just pissed off you can't get a feed of Moa nowadays.....

**Motu** · 8th October 2010, 22:22

Originally Posted by Paul in NZ

Worth the $25 a month then?

I don't know about paying for it.Other people do all the work unpaid so I can walk in the bush and listen to Tui's and pukeko's.The smile on my face is all the reward they need.

**Paul in NZ** · 9th October 2010, 07:36

Originally Posted by Motu

I don't know about paying for it.Other people do all the work unpaid so I can walk in the bush and listen to Tui's and pukeko's.The smile on my face is all the reward they need.

Went for a stroll through some wetland bush we replanted 5 to 7 years ago (so many planting days - so many different places - so many wet pairs of undies)

Amazing - nearly a full canopy, great days work for the troops who were all blown away.

**Hans** · 9th October 2010, 16:42

Originally Posted by Motu

Strange - a stack of Forest and Bird magazines landed on the lunchroom table today.We used to belong to Forest and Bird some years ago,they did good things I reckon.They got Bell Birds back on Waiheke Island,I'd never seen or heard one before.Pukeko's are the only native bird we don't have to worry about losing.

Define native?

**tri boy** · 9th October 2010, 16:59

Originally Posted by Paul in NZ

But i take yer point. Worth the $25 a month then?

Give me $25/month, and i'll squark like a Pukeko for ya down the phone.

**Hitcher** · 9th October 2010, 18:03

Twig and Tweet don't generally proselytise. On this occasion -- protecting the environmental values of the Mackenzie Basin -- I think their cause is a just and righteous one. Landscape values are important and should be considered as part of the mix for any development or environmental intervention.

**spacemonkey** · 9th October 2010, 18:08

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Twig and Tweet don't generally proselytise. On this occasion -- protecting the environmental values of the Mackenzie Basin -- I think their cause is a just and righteous one. Landscape values are important and should be considered as part of the mix for any development or environmental intervention.

Yup 2nded, that sum's it up nicely to me..

**Motu** · 9th October 2010, 21:38

Originally Posted by Hans

Define native?

Self introduced.

**ellipsis** · 9th October 2010, 22:50

....all cool for them to promote their ideals....perfect world and all that....love the ideals they promote...greenpeace hardmen, eco greenie crews....hero's....its also where they choose to be in life...good on them...im not green in my politics , but im a damn sight greener than a heap of hypocritical greenies i know...like any other organisations of humans, be it a m/c racing club or a school committee, theres always going to be , those who do the work and those who pay lip service...the ones who pay lip service are the dangerous pricks who will sign petitions and have public meetings about such stuff as...'NO WAY,' to a small piece of fairly useless, rural land land being used as a training area for teaching kids off road motorcycle skills or some such activity, because its environmentally unfriendly or a danger to some fairly common nz flea...hippie feelings in a strictly commercial , P fukn C world...idealism increases exponentially the further one is from the problem...i hear....

**ellipsis** · 9th October 2010, 22:55

Originally Posted by Hans

Define native?

....im sure theres one down in our garden, right now...should i call the police....

**Hitcher** · 10th October 2010, 16:11

Originally Posted by CAMSec

should i call the police....

No, just grub it out and compost it.

**Okey Dokey** · 10th October 2010, 18:23

Personally, I have no time for F & B. I dislike their quasi-political status. They are not elected, and do not represent all New Zealanders, and yet they seem to be hand in glove with DOC, a gvmt department. I am happy for them to be a lobby group for their members, but they seem to receive government support, too? It doesn't seem correct to me. I think they have far too much "say" in issues, relative to their membership.